Sense of belonging, sense of exclusion, and racial and ethnic identities in Korean transracial adoptees
Fourteen adult Korean transracial adoptees described how belonging and exclusion within white American, Korean American and family contexts shaped racial and ethnic identity. It foregrounds adoptees' own accounts of navigating multiple cultural reference groups.
Limitations: Small regional qualitative sample.
- Research type
- Grounded-theory interviews
- Source reviewed
- Abstract
- Peer reviewed
- Yes
- Age group
- Adults
Study context and review
Age group as recorded: Adults
Adoption context: Korean transracial adoption
Programme: Not recorded
Institutional context: No relationship identified in the material checked
No adoption-sector organisational relationship identified in the bibliographic material screened. This is not confirmation of institutional independence; affiliations, funding and conflicts were not comprehensively audited.
Bibliographic screening. Bibliographic relationships are not a bias or safety rating.
Topics: adult adoptees, belonging, ethnic identity, Korean adoptees, race, transracial adoption
Review scope: Source checked: Abstract. This does not imply full-text or independent human verification.
Country as recorded: United States
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- Funder role
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- Declared conflicts
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- Recruitment
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- Adoptee involvement
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Entry: study_8d82e31cb2955881